M4.0 earthquake 53 km NNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 53 km NNW of Illapel, Chile on Wed, Jul 26, 2017, 6:40 AM GMT-4 (10:40 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 63 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-07-26 10:40:21 UTC
- Depth
- 43.6 km (27.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.206° S, 71.425° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.0 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.163 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3344 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.346 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3330 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.258 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3328 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
- 4.324 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3327 days ago · 48 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.449 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3314 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.237 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3305 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.993 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3293 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 115
- 4.396 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3292 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.0Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3291 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a18f. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC.